Insights and Stories on Pork

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures sag on fears for economy, beef demand

Oct. 2, 2020 at 6:10 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Live cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange eased on Friday, following as global financial markets fell after U.S. President Donald Trump tested positive for the coronavirus, adding to investor uncertainty. Disappointing U.S. job growth numbers heightened worries about consumer demand for beef, at a time […]

U.S. livestock: Nearby cattle futures lower on profit-taking

Oct. 1, 2020 at 6:59 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures slip as feed grain prices soar

Sep. 30, 2020 at 6:01 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Cattle up on beef demand, cash market optimism

Sep. 29, 2020 at 6:55 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

China targets pork self-sufficiency rate of 95 per cent

Sep. 28, 2020 at 7:50 pm CDT

By Dominique Patton

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures up on cash market optimism

Sep. 28, 2020 at 7:15 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures closed firm on Monday, rallying after a sharply lower open as strong packer margins raised expectations for higher cash cattle trade this week, analysts said. Average beef packer margins rose to $320.18 per head, from $313.25 on Friday, according to livestock marketing […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Canada not benefiting from CETA, Bibeau says

Sep. 25, 2020 at 7:39 pm CDT

Canada is not benefiting from the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with the European Union (EU), federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau grants. Expected to spur $1.5 billion in new agri-food exports, the free trade deal has fallen short of those targets since its implementation in 2017. In a letter […]

By D.C. Fraser

U.S. livestock: Hog futures rise on export hopes

Sep. 25, 2020 at 5:07 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog futures rose 1.7 per cent on Friday, with the market shrugging off bearish supply data on hopes that exports would remain strong, traders said. “At a time when we are nearing our fourth-quarter peak in supply, the market is highly focused on the belief […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures rise on supply concerns

Sep. 24, 2020 at 3:59 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Live cattle futures rose to their highest in more than a month on Thursday, supported by signs of a stabilizing cash market and concerns about tight supplies in the coming months, traders said. “The feedlots believe… that we have a marketing hole for most of October […]

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures up ahead of USDA report

Sep. 23, 2020 at 5:34 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures gained on Wednesday, as traders weighed continued strong slaughter rates against expectations for higher placements in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s end-of-week Cattle on Feed report. “The beef market looks like it’s possibly stabilizing, and that should be supportive for cattle prices […]

By Reuters